WHAT HAPPENED ON 19. OCTOBER
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The First Battle of Ypres begins. (19. October 1914)

The Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened. (19. October 1917)

Portuguese Prime Minister António Granjo and other politicians are murdered in a Lisbon coup. (19. October 1921)

British Conservative MPs meeting at the Carlton Club vote to break off the Coalition Government with David Lloyd George of the Liberal Party. (19. October 1922)

Germany withdraws from the League of Nations. (19. October 1933)

The League of Nations places economic sanctions on fascist Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia. (19. October 1935)

Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University. (19. October 1943)

United States forces land in the Philippines. (19. October 1944)

The People's Liberation Army takes control of the town of Qamdo; this is sometimes called the "Invasion of Tibet". (19. October 1950)

The People's Republic of China joins the Korean War by sending thousands of troops across the Yalu river to fight United Nations forces. (19. October 1950)

Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program. (19. October 1950)

First ascent of Cho Oyu. (19. October 1954)

The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945. (19. October 1956)

The first Prime Minister of Tunisia in twelve years, Bahi Ladgham, is appointed by President Habib Bourguiba. (19. October 1969)

President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes. (19. October 1973)

Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand. (19. October 1974)

Battle of Aishiya in Lebanon. (19. October 1976)

Samora Machel, President of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, and 33 others die when their Tupolev 134 plane crashes into the Lebombo Mountains. (19. October 1986)

The Boston Red Sox win Game 2 of the 1986 World Series versus the New York Mets 9-3 at Shea Stadium. (19. October 1986)

The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf. (19. October 1987)